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Congrats to Dylz on your two shiny Clefairy, the Piloswine that got away, and the Ditto, and that exploding Solrock! That's all, right? I haven't missed one? :P
Congrats to Draknir on your shiny Magnemite!
Good on ya, Kitty for getting that pink Kyogre! Looks great! Well done. Also, thanks for taking a photo. Photos are always nice to look at.
Congratulations to Blood Red Absol for your myriad of shiny captures in the last few days. You seem to have had an awful amount of luck! Maybe that's where my luck went to.
Wow, Ghostfoot ... you just got a shiny Torchic without trying? That's amazing luck, too. Must feel pretty good! Torchic is one of my on and off again hunts.
Congrats to KatePKE on that shiny Totodile! I hunted for one a while ago, but got a second Cyndaquil instead. Of course, I was half expecting something like that at the time.

Man, I wish I could get my Wifi to work properly ... I can't trade over the GTS or wifi ... it just cuts out all the time. It would sure help me with trying to complete this dex, though. But oh well, not much I can do about it. At least it hangs on just enough to allow me to download wifi events and enter the Dream World. I wish I had a bit more of a grasp on how technology works, but I can't seem to fix this, no matter what I do.

Anyway currently hunting in Giant Chasm. Like Dylz I'm hoping for Metang but not fussed what I get to be honest.

Happy hunting everyone.

Are you also hunting with the shiny charm? And if you get the Shiny Metang before me I will be soooo jealous. I'm currently on a total of 10,800 RE's, 6 Shiny's but no Metang, even though I'm using the Magnet pull ability. 745 since my last shiny.

Yeah I've got the charm so the hunt should hopefully be a short one. Haha yeah I'm using magnet pull as well and I thought I would be encountering more Metangs than what I am! I was at 800 encounters last time I checked and I've done an hour so far today so I'm nearing the 1,000. I'll check my trainer card at the end of my hunting session to find the exact number. Good luck buddy!

I was just doing some more encounters for my 3rd White 2 badge quest when suddenly a shiny Petilil appeared in a double-encounter! So I quickly shut my DSi so that I could try and capture the sparkles on film... but then I noticed that power lights on the DSi weren't on, so I opened up the screen again, and, yep, the DSi had switched itself off.

... Nooooo!! That took over 13,208 encounters to appear! My shiny Petilil... ;____;

I can only guess that I must have accidentally pressed down on the power button when I was shutting the DSi lid.

I thought my long hunt was over. But now I'll have to keep going. I hope it doesn't take another 13,000+ encounters for the next shiny to appear. And I hope it's not a bloody shiny Rattata... >__<

And last night as I was trying to sleep I had a massive panic attack, which had me lying there with my arms and legs shaking and spasming uncontrollably (I haven't had one for ages). So I was already in a bad mood when I woke up this morning. I'm not having a good day...

I'm aiming for the 1.5k RE today. Hopefully I will run into a Shiny Metang... I'm now currently on 645 Random Encounters.

Oops, sorry!

So, basically you've gotten everything, even multiples, of the other shinies and all you wanted in the beginning was this dratted Metang? Gee ... Good luck! This is like a small scale City of Delusion Combee hunt. Yeah, I think everyone will always mention that as long as we're shiny hunters, because that was insane. I could imagine myself going insane at the sight of another Rapidash sparkling, but he managed to hold it together and get his reward in the end.

And now I sound like some old codger sitting on a park bench talking about the good ole days.

Edit: Oh, man ... I didn't see your post until I posted, Helio. I know it's not much, but that majorly sucks. So, you think that was what happened? That you accidentally hit the switch, so to speak? I'm so sorry.

@heliotrope - so sorry to hear about the fail that is seriously some really bad luck. More importantly hope you're feeling better after your horrible panic attack. It sounds horrible and I hope you're okay.

Yeah, sorry, I probably sounded insensitive, but that panic attack did sound scary, so take it easy. I know it probably doesn't mean much, but yeah, I guess I wasn't really thinking when I edited my post about that part of your post.

Is it really worth slamming your DS shut just to get sparkles on film? Risking damaging your DS or losing your shiny? I personally would never do that to any of my DS consoles, not after spending hundreds of dollars on them. I see tonnes of people on youtube doing this and it makes me cringe and wonder how they can treat their DS consoles like that just to get the fame of sparkles in their vids or to have it "live".

Is it really worth slamming your DS shut just to get sparkles on film? Risking damaging your DS or losing your shiny? I personally would never do that to any of my DS consoles, not after spending hundreds of dollars on them. I see tonnes of people on youtube doing this and it makes me cringe and wonder how they can treat their DS consoles like that just to get the fame of sparkles in their vids or to have it "live".

I was always just planning to hit the "home" button when I find a shiny if I happen to notice it in time.

Sorry to hear about everyone's bad luck/health problems :x

EDIT: I realize I'm using a 3DS and not a DSi, just thought I'd throw it out there though anyways.

Is it really worth slamming your DS shut just to get sparkles on film? Risking damaging your DS or losing your shiny? I personally would never do that to any of my DS consoles, not after spending hundreds of dollars on them. I see tonnes of people on youtube doing this and it makes me cringe and wonder how they can treat their DS consoles like that just to get the fame of sparkles in their vids or to have it "live".

Hmm. Well, I wouldn't do it if I found a shiny, but if I knew for a 100% chance it would be, theeennnn...
If I ever managed to understand RNGing I probably would record it. Not slam it shut. Just, be prepared.

I have reached mark of SRing Charmader, and found a none shiny flawless. I mean, under my standards. LOL. SRed over it though.

I'm at a stand-still right now.
I cannot decide whether to evolve my shiny Torchic or not. I have never been huge on Blaziken (my least favourite Hoenn starter) and I greatly favour Torchic in shiny colouring. It's amusing because I wasn't even SRing for a shiny Torchic in the first place. I just wanted to do a run with a good-natured Blaziken, which I have never done before, and then I randomly struck gold o_o
Anyway... gahhh. It's nature is also gentle so it would be sort of pointless in EV training and such... It'd only be good for an in-game adventure, really. But I don't want to taint its purityyy. At the same time having a shiny Blaziken would be pretty kick-butt, since it is one of those top-notch Pokemon in competitive battling despite the lacking nature.
I would sorta like some input on what to do ;w; Ultimately its my decision, but shinies are so freaking rare and it puts me in quite a turmoil. Opinions usually draw me towards a conclusion in the end.

I'm at a stand-still right now.
I cannot decide whether to evolve my shiny Torchic or not. I have never been huge on Blaziken (my least favourite Hoenn starter) and I greatly favour Torchic in shiny colouring. It's amusing because I wasn't even SRing for a shiny Torchic in the first place. I just wanted to do a run with a good-natured Blaziken, which I have never done before, and then I randomly struck gold o_o
Anyway... gahhh. It's nature is also gentle so it would be sort of pointless in EV training and such... It'd only be good for an in-game adventure, really. But I don't want to taint its purityyy. At the same time having a shiny Blaziken would be pretty kick-butt, since it is one of those top-notch Pokemon in competitive battling despite the lacking nature.
I would sorta like some input on what to do ;w; Ultimately its my decision, but shinies are so freaking rare and it puts me in quite a turmoil. Opinions usually draw me towards a conclusion in the end.

Just do what I did when I first played Emerald but didn't want to lose my mudkip go through the whole game without evolving it. Ahh I was an idiot back then.....

Hm. I would evolve him. First, I know that cute pokemon can also be badass, like Pikachu, Spheal, Eeveelutions, Charmander, Squrtle, Torchic and so on, but I mean, is that really what you want in your Hall of Fame? Is that who you'll lead with against a Scizor with- Oh wait, thats perfect type matchup for Torchic... Is that who you'll throw against a Flygon with Earthquake, Earth Power, Dragon Pulse, and some other awesome move? No. Now, with a Blaziken, you'll stand a chance against that Flygon, or that Lapras, or that Snorlax. Ya' see, although he doesn't look amazing in shiny (like my Gengar,) it will sparkle when you throw it out, be just as kickbutt, and yea', why not, more fun to play with. BAM.
BTW, I definitly evolving my Charmander once he shows up.

EDIT: Also, Blaziken is an awesome shiny. It's even in the above post! Look how cool! I evolved the torchic my friend has (because I got it for him.) Just, think of the points above.

I was just doing some more encounters for my 3rd White 2 badge quest when suddenly a shiny Petilil appeared in a double-encounter! So I quickly shut my DSi so that I could try and capture the sparkles on film... but then I noticed that power lights on the DSi weren't on, so I opened up the screen again, and, yep, the DSi had switched itself off.

... Nooooo!! That took over 13,208 encounters to appear! My shiny Petilil... ;____;

I can only guess that I must have accidentally pressed down on the power button when I was shutting the DSi lid.

I thought my long hunt was over. But now I'll have to keep going. I hope it doesn't take another 13,000+ encounters for the next shiny to appear. And I hope it's not a bloody shiny Rattata... >__<

And last night as I was trying to sleep I had a massive panic attack, which had me lying there with my arms and legs shaking and spasming uncontrollably (I haven't had one for ages). So I was already in a bad mood when I woke up this morning. I'm not having a good day...

Bad luck mate hope you find another shiny soon (apart from rattata lol) as for my shiny hunt.... I lost count because my sister threw away the piece of paper I was writing on I spent about half an hour looking for it before I found out ;_;

I was just doing some more encounters for my 3rd White 2 badge quest when suddenly a shiny Petilil appeared in a double-encounter! So I quickly shut my DSi so that I could try and capture the sparkles on film... but then I noticed that power lights on the DSi weren't on, so I opened up the screen again, and, yep, the DSi had switched itself off.

... Nooooo!! That took over 13,208 encounters to appear! My shiny Petilil... ;____;

I can only guess that I must have accidentally pressed down on the power button when I was shutting the DSi lid.

I thought my long hunt was over. But now I'll have to keep going. I hope it doesn't take another 13,000+ encounters for the next shiny to appear. And I hope it's not a bloody shiny Rattata... >__<

And last night as I was trying to sleep I had a massive panic attack, which had me lying there with my arms and legs shaking and spasming uncontrollably (I haven't had one for ages). So I was already in a bad mood when I woke up this morning. I'm not having a good day...

O my god...
I feel terrible...
Feel better soon! Also, I know ur game is like "y did he do that? lets give him a new shiny soon. mustve been a mistake."

Wow that's really unfortunate Helio.. sorry for your lost and I hope you feel better. :[

Now day 12 for Mandibuzz, this is looking to be my longest hunt on this BQ. This thread has really kept me motivated though, so far that, thank you Serebii shiny hunters. :] Lets hope our targets shine soon.

Edit - O_O!? That was fast Helio! Lol too bad it was Rattata but at least you didn't have to do another 13k encounters!

I was just doing some more encounters for my 3rd White 2 badge quest when suddenly a shiny Petilil appeared in a double-encounter! So I quickly shut my DSi so that I could try and capture the sparkles on film... but then I noticed that power lights on the DSi weren't on, so I opened up the screen again, and, yep, the DSi had switched itself off.

... Nooooo!! That took over 13,208 encounters to appear! My shiny Petilil... ;____;

I can only guess that I must have accidentally pressed down on the power button when I was shutting the DSi lid.

I thought my long hunt was over. But now I'll have to keep going. I hope it doesn't take another 13,000+ encounters for the next shiny to appear. And I hope it's not a bloody shiny Rattata... >__<

And last night as I was trying to sleep I had a massive panic attack, which had me lying there with my arms and legs shaking and spasming uncontrollably (I haven't had one for ages). So I was already in a bad mood when I woke up this morning. I'm not having a good day...

Ohh, I feel so sorry for you. I could not even get the battle on mine because I was still panicking, and it literally took me one ordinary Poké Ball and it was caught (at full health, too).
Still, what happened to you ruined your hunt and what would be an excellent video. So many feels.